shoved the robot through a nearby doorway conveniently located right above a steel foundry where it dramatically screamed in electronic pain for a few seconds
I haven't seen the movie you refer to; did the robot do the Wilhelm scream on the way down?
If you think they're spending too much time on the computer, why don't you just take them all outside and play an outdoor sport?
You know, this comment is very insightful, especially for fathers (single or not).
Squirt guns, water balloons and general playing mayhem is a great thing to see when you have a bunch of kids to entertain. Everybody ends up laughing and they won't forget the experience.
Start selling low-tech TV ad-buster stuff via eBay or on TV. Make up a catchy name. Charge $19.99 and then send four black cardboard sheets (a bit of area calculation would help here, offer different alternatives for bigger screens) c/w sticky-tack that people can affix to the front of their TVs depending on where the offending graphic appears. Offer a money-back guarantee, less shipping costs. Make sure the shipping cost covers all your expenses, plus a small profit.
Offtopic, but this brings to mind the time the time that I asked my son (who must have been 7 or 8 at the time) how he knew something (because it was something I didn't expect him to know).
Although judging by the tone of your comment you are not interested to hear that these people are very smart and add alot of value through experience and knowledge.
Perceptive. As an engineering-type I don't see how traders "add value" other than the time-honoured tradition of wheeling and dealing.
I'm sure that that those involved reap huge financial rewards and come to have an exaggerated sense of self-worth based on the latest big deal and having lots of money.
The difference comes when this happens:
Daddy, what did you do for a living?
A) Well son, I played upon peoples' fears and uncertainties to get you the BMW that you now drive.
B) Well son, I helped to build the bridge that we are now driving over. If you're interested, I can show you how we did it.
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If a bullet penetrates your body or equipment or armour, leaking water from a suit's cooling tubes is the least part of your problem.
Big Three are based in Detroit
What are the current rankings worldwide? Is DaimlerChrysler still considered to be an American company?
The single biggest market for music is teenagers, who are easily influenced by shiny things and looking cool to their peers.
The first few times I tried to click "Reply to This" I couldn't because I was shaking with laughter.
Kid+stick=inevitable eye pokage
Up here in Canada we have a similar axiom:
Kid+frozen metal=emergency tongue disconnection. I think the ER teams have a more medical term for it.
Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, not Iraq.
Too late: Plant 4D.
we naturally experience some sheer during transition.
"Sheer" and "shear" mean different things. When trying to explain complicated concepts it helps to use proper, well-understood terms.
shoved the robot through a nearby doorway conveniently located right above a steel foundry where it dramatically screamed in electronic pain for a few seconds
I haven't seen the movie you refer to; did the robot do the Wilhelm scream on the way down?
I'm committed to writing 7 days a week.
Do you feel an urgent need to fill whitespace?
Classical Slashdot mispelling, this guy must be for real!
So when stretching, don't go crazy and don't push it hard -- go easy on your hands and relax.
You know you're getting old and really out of shape when you overstretch muscles and experience pain after wiping your ass. Insert goatse jokes here.
they are *just* a middleman that connects buyers to sellers
The ideal business situation - little investment, no direct involvement, no responsibility, take a cut of the action.
If you think they're spending too much time on the computer, why don't you just take them all outside and play an outdoor sport?
You know, this comment is very insightful, especially for fathers (single or not).
Squirt guns, water balloons and general playing mayhem is a great thing to see when you have a bunch of kids to entertain. Everybody ends up laughing and they won't forget the experience.
This is also true for Call for Help in Canada. The US networks allow for more commercials, so we get to see "alternative 30 second spots".
Digitally blurring-out brand names that decided not to pay your ransom.
Start selling low-tech TV ad-buster stuff via eBay or on TV. Make up a catchy name. Charge $19.99 and then send four black cardboard sheets (a bit of area calculation would help here, offer different alternatives for bigger screens) c/w sticky-tack that people can affix to the front of their TVs depending on where the offending graphic appears. Offer a money-back guarantee, less shipping costs. Make sure the shipping cost covers all your expenses, plus a small profit.
3) Profit!
Offtopic, but this brings to mind the time the time that I asked my son (who must have been 7 or 8 at the time) how he knew something (because it was something I didn't expect him to know).
He replied, "My brain told me."
WTF?
Spheres are not used to store oil. Butane, propane, LPG.
Better stay up here in the trees where it's safe
But you've got to admit that flinging poo at each other is still quite amusing.
Niggard
Choice quote: "Howard was pressured to resign by people who, as columnist Tony Snow put it, "actually demanded that he apologize for their ignorance."
This is what makes me miss my old turntable and vinyl LPs.
These days it's a neverending upgrade cycle and battle, but it's "good for the economy" because it's a neverending cycle and battle.
Although judging by the tone of your comment you are not interested to hear that these people are very smart and add alot of value through experience and knowledge.
Perceptive. As an engineering-type I don't see how traders "add value" other than the time-honoured tradition of wheeling and dealing.
I'm sure that that those involved reap huge financial rewards and come to have an exaggerated sense of self-worth based on the latest big deal and having lots of money.
The difference comes when this happens:
Daddy, what did you do for a living?
A) Well son, I played upon peoples' fears and uncertainties to get you the BMW that you now drive.
B) Well son, I helped to build the bridge that we are now driving over. If you're interested, I can show you how we did it.
Quick and smart always outweighs careful and attentive, it's the American way to quick riches.
What is an "operator"? Is that a con-man in a suit?
Perhaps there was more behind this beat-the-crap-out-of-a-professor thing.
Even for religious fundamentalists, this is extreme and sounds like a hit was placed on the guy.
And the owners will likely now be financially independent and free to experiment/tinker with whatever they like.